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DUBAI / Emirates Business Smart Cities, connected mega-events such as Expo 2020 Dubai, and the growth of “intelligent enterprises”, will drive the UAE’s IT market to top AED20 billion in 2018, according to the newly-appointed UAE Managing Director of global technology company SAP. Increasingly, UAE organisations are becoming “intelligent enterprises,” using innovations in artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE is the fifth largest country investing in Uzbekistan during the first quarter of 2018, according to a statistical report released by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan. The report said that Emirati investment accounted for 6 percent of the total Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in Uzbekistan during the first three months of 2018. The US topped ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The gross value of interbank fund transfers through the UAE Fund Transfer System (UAEFTS) reached AED2.8 trillion in the first five months of the year, according to statistics released by the UAE Central Bank (CBUAE). The CBUAE indicated that the value was almost the same as that registered in the corresponding period last year. “January was ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Banks Federation (UBF) on Monday announced that it will host the sixth edition of the Middle East Banking Forum, one of the leading banking conferences in the region, on November 11 at The Westin Dubai Al Habtoor City in Dubai. Held in association with Financial Times and The Banker under the theme, ‘Banking ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE is ideally positioned to serve as the ‘beating heart’ of a regional innovation hub; according to a new report published by Oliver Wyman in collaboration with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (Measa) region. Titled “The Case for an Innovation Hub to Facilitate ...

Ajman / WAM His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman on Monday, issued an Emiri Decree about reducing the tourism tax paid by hotels and tourism companies in Ajman, with the aim of promoting tourism and improving the emirate’s investment environment. Decree No. 08 for 2018 stipulates the reduction of tourism fees, ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates launched a second daily flight between Dubai and Prague, to meet the increasing demand for travel on the route. Emirates has been serving the Czech market since 2010 and during this time has carried some 1.7 million passengers on the route. To meet the rising demand for both inbound and outbound travel, the airline has ...

DUBAI / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF), operated by the Emirates Development Bank (EDB), announced its financial support for ‘Lamsa’, a brand and platform for children. The first of its kind in the region, Lamsa delivers diverse interactive content focused on education and entertainment for children, overseen by Finnish experts in the fields of early childhood education. ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Dubai Chamber) has supported Dubai’s high-end real estate sector through its sponsorship of LPS Beijing 2018, China’s leading invitation-only luxury property show. Dubai Chamber, which was a strategic partner for the three-day event, showcased an array of companies operating in Dubai’s elite property sector to affluent customers in the world’s ...

Hodeidah / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), distributed 5,000 food parcels to Yemeni families across liberated towns and villages in Hodeidah in the past four days. This latest aid distribution benefited 35,000 individuals as part of the UAE-Saudi Arabia humanitarian assistance plan across Yemen’s Red Sea Coast. The UAE aid authority distributed 1,000 food baskets to Yemenis residing in ...